Old Coins Famous Apearances in Movies

I remember some episodes where the war was just starting, so I was pretty sure it was set well before 1878. Few would notice if a Morgan $ appeared somewhere on the show. I find it funny when stuff is out of place in time, like if you saw a jet contrail in the sky in a Bonanza episode.

 

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Bonanza ran for 14 years and the stories jumped around in time from the 1860's to the 1880's.
One character managed to telegraph Abraham Lincoln and get a reply.
Another story had the "California gold rush" being "30 years ago".
It's television, not history.

 

Unless, of course, the actor was a reincarnation of Xerxes himself.

 

Unless, of course, the actor was a reincarnation and doppleganger of Xerxes himself.

 

Not really having anything to do with the "movie" discussion, BUT, a while back I bought a Morgan Dollar that the seller said was from Clint Eastwood and his first wife's back yard. The seller claimed that Eastwood and his wife stashed the Morgan Dollars and several other coins in case they ever were "broke"- it was early in Eastwood's career. His ex-wife and her NEW husband decided to dig up the coins and sell them. Anyone else heard of this? I know that I probably got ripped off, but I didn't pay much for the Morgan....maybe $7.00 or $8.00. BUT, if it's the REAL thing.....I COULD BE RICH!!!!!! LOLOLOL

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The show on the Fox "Bones" A coin collector was murdered in the 50's and a copper 1943 penny was found on him.

Sorry if this was already posted.

 

Well get the impression the coins seen were not so much strictly historic, but stylized history, as pretty much the whole film is. (The coins looked a lot more Greek than Persian to me, but the probably wanted them easily identified as depicted Xerxes, or at least depicting how Xerxes looks in the film, to make the obvious connection that the senator was bribed by Xerxes to convice the Senate to deny Leonidas reinforcements.) The film itself is fairly close to Herodotus' account of the Battle of Thermopylae, allowing for exaggeration and dramtic license (Herodotus' account itself was probably a bit exagerated already!) Events most certainly did NOT happen anywhere close to the way they were depicted, but it gives you a sense of the magnitude of the events, if that makes any sense.

 

In the movie "Lincoln" (2012)
Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field...
The fellas plotting in the loft mention Lincoln being on the 50C. piece.
Sheesh.

 

He IS on a 50 cent piece

 

The recent 100th episode of the Blacklist TV show involves pursuit of the 1943-D bronze cent:

http://ew.com/recap/the-blacklist-season-5-episode-11/

 

I love the show and saw it last night. It was cool to see them doing one that took all four of the 1943-D copper cents and create a conspiracy theory around it. Could it be true? Maybe.